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The Channel Creature?

The Ranger has been sent a link to a campaigning organisation called the 'Association of Maritime Research'. They're a newly-formed association who are reporting on what they claim is a 'large fast-moving object' in the English Channel.

There's even a video showing the thing allegedly zooming along. Frankly, it's all a bit mysterious - and a little look at the Association of Maritime Research looks, well, a bit fishy.

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For example, on the AMR website they suggest one hypothesis is that this mysterious object is a cetacean. They write:

The order Cetacean includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean, "whale"; its original meaning, “large sea animal”, was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek κῆτος...

Fair enough - but you'd think that AMR might employ a real scientist who would spell 'Cetacea' right - and italicise it. Especially as the text appears to have been copied directly from the Wikipedia article of that name - where it's spelt right.

Have a look at the website yourself - what do you think? Phoney? Or just incompetent? Some kind of clever marketing ploy, I suggest.

Update: yup, it's an ad. For a boat. Those krazy marketeers, what will they think of next?

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Posted on 30th April 2009 at 5 25 pm
by The Virtual Ranger
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Comment from: Idle Eddie

They want sightings eh? Rewards on offer? Well I think somebody ought to start sending some in. Surely there must be someone who can use photoshop better than whoever made their website?

Permalink 30/04/09 @ 19:07

Comment from: Solent Sue

Huge fish observed terrifying bathers off the IOW.

Can we have our reward now?

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 22:58

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